A Regular Season Title Comes to Nashville

Yes, I've heard all that nonsense about how the Presidents Trophy is somehow cursed, and that winning the regular season is a sure-fire ticket to postseason collapse. Well, I certainly hope that doesn't hold true for Fantasy Hockey.

Remember, James, send this to Nashville, not Hamilton!

Not to toot my own horn here (ah, who am I kidding? That's exactly what I'm doing!), but the Fab Forecheckers have just concluded a very successful regular season in James Mirtle's Blogger Invitational Fantasy Hockey League over on Yahoo Sports. Follow some of the links below to find a who's-who of the NHL blogging world:

Mirtle's Blogger Invitational Final Regular Season Standings

Rank	Team	W-L-T	Pct	Pts	Moves
*1.	The Fab Forecheckers	188-86-25	0.671	401	9
*2.	The blogless wonders	154-114-31	0.567	339	10
*3.	The Alcoholic Army	149-110-40	0.565	338	17
*4.	Mirtle's Merry Men	153-118-28	0.559	334	35
*5.	Matt of the Battle	149-114-36	0.559	334	5
*6.	Spector's Spudheads	145-120-34	0.542	324	22
7	Tha Gnomes	132-129-38	0.505	302	21
8	Six Pack	130-129-40	0.502	300	25
9	CANUCKS HOCKEY BLOG	130-133-36	0.495	296	19
10	MattGunn	128-133-38	0.492	294	17
11	Earl Strikes Back	127-133-39	0.490	293	10
12	Covered in Chris	128-136-35	0.487	291	23
13	Pension Plan Puppets	130-141-28	0.482	288	9
14	Sudafed Heroes	120-137-42	0.472	282	14
15	W.Coast Non-offense	120-140-39	0.467	279	60
16	HockeyAnalysis	122-143-34	0.465	278	15
17	Mark Bell Fan Club	122-150-27	0.453	271	30
18	Tolensky'sAutoStars	118-151-30	0.445	266	24
19	Islanders Army	112-152-35	0.433	259	11
20	PA Hockey Knights	90-178-31	0.353	211	3

*Playoff Teams

Perhaps my favorite part of this is that a 5-6-2* record in Week One was my only losing effort of the entire 23-week season. It's either that or the fact that only two owners made fewer roster moves along the way, a sign both that I drafted well and largely avoided the injury bug.

This week is round one of the playoffs, wherein myself and the Blogless Wonders get a bye; Mirtle matches up with Matt of the Battle to determine my opponent next week, while the other side of the bracket has The Alcoholic Army against Spector's Spudheads.

I'll have to ask Mrs. Forechecker if I can get working on that playoff beard...

*There are 13 scoring categories in this head-to-head league: Goals, Assists, Plus/Minus, PIM, PPG, PPA, GWG, and SOG for skaters, and W, GAA, Saves, Save Pct., and Shutouts for goalies.